Seamless Shipping with the Shippo API in JavaScript Course Course

Module 1: Introduction & Setting Up Shippo

⏳ 10 minutes

• Topics: Course goals, Shippo API use cases, registering for a developer API token

• Hands-on: Obtain your Shippo test token and make your first authenticated API call

Module 2: Address Validation & Creation

⏳ 20 minutes

• Topics: /addresses endpoint, required fields, validation responses

• Hands-on: Write functions to validate and store “to” and “from” addresses in JavaScript

Module 3: Parcel Creation & Configuration

⏳ 20 minutes

• Topics: /parcels endpoint, defining dimensions, weights, and customs data for international shipments

• Hands-on: Build a helper to create parcel objects and handle validation errors gracefully

Module 4: Shipment Creation & Carrier Integration

⏳ 25 minutes

• Topics: /shipments endpoint, linking addresses and parcels, selecting carriers and services

• Hands-on: Generate a shipment and retrieve available carrier rates for a given parcel

Module 5: Purchasing Labels & Transactions

⏳ 20 minutes

• Topics: /transactions endpoint, purchasing labels, payment methods, retrieving label URLs

• Hands-on: Automate rate selection and purchase a shipping label programmatically

Module 6: Tracking Shipments

⏳ 15 minutes

• Topics: /tracks endpoint, creating tracking objects, polling and webhook options

• Hands-on: Implement a function to poll shipment status and update a UI component

Module 7: Integrating in React

⏳ 30 minutes

• Topics: Structuring API calls in React components, state management for loading and error states

• Hands-on: Build a simple React dashboard that lets users enter shipment details and view real-time rate quotes

Module 8: Best Practices & Next Steps

⏳ 10 minutes

• Topics: Environment variables, rate-limit handling, exponential backoff, moving from test to production mode

• Hands-on: Refactor your helper functions to support production API tokens and retry logic

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